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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 25, 1917. 5 A Nebraska STATE WILL ISSUE REFUNDING BONDS Cities and Towns Can Reduce Interest to Five Per Cent at Any Time. PAYS PAR AND INTEREST (From a Staff Correspondent) Lincoln, March 24 (Special.) Activity of brokers in Denver buying 5 per cent refunding bonds in western Xeliraski municipalities has led State Treasurer George E. Hall to issue a statement announcing that the state would willingly purchase these bonds. Before the optional period had ex pired. Ogallala issued 5 per cent re funding bonds for a $20,000 water bond issue purchased by the state with educational funds, paying 6 per cent and with the proceeds retired the state bonds Friday. The same firm in Denver which purchased these bonds is bidding for tike issues in Hemingford, Alliance and other western cities. "If for any reason any political sub division now owing 6 per cent bonds to the state of Nebraska or .any one else wishes to retire them," says Treasurer Hall, "it may have the privilege of issuing refunding bonds at 5 per cent, making them optional at any time, and the state will be glad to buy them, giving par and accrued interest." ' The state has nearly $1,000,000 of school funds invested in 6 per cent municipal or school district bonds. W. R. Mellor Given State Fair Job by His Successor (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, March 24. (Special.) W. R. Mellor of Loup City, Neb., is to be superintendent of automobile hall dur ing the state fair, according to a list of new superintendents for the 1917 fair just made public py Secretary C. R. Danielson of the board. The ma jority of the superintendents have been reappointed. They are: Amphitheater, Joseph Koberta, Fremont. Auditorium, L. W. Leonard, Pawnee City. Automobile parkins, V. Arnold, Verdon. Hands, W. B. Bannlnir, Union. Boya' engampment, Charles 8 trader, Lin coln. Camping ground, John Ha1k, Abt. Coliseum. J, H. Harms, Upland. ConceiKtons, H. Wyera, Lincoln. Fish exhibit, V. J. O'Brien, Gretna. Gates, T. H. Wake. Seward. General, William Foster, Lincoln. ' Guards, Adjutant General P. L. Hall, Jr., Lincoln. Hfinitation, J, H. Taylor, Colon. Tickets, William James, Dorchester. ' Transportation, W. B. Schermerhorn, Lin coln. Class "A" horses, Z. T. Leftwlch. 8t. Paul. Class "B" cattle, G. E. Hall, Waterloo. CIjius "C" swine, O. G. Smith, Kearney. Class "TV sheep, W. W. Cole, Neligh. CIhhb "K" poultry, C. Q. Cottle, Edgar. Class 'F" agricultural products. T. B. Needle, Mlnden; assistant, James JB. tyan, Jnrilanola. CIhss "" dairy, W. C. Andrew, Baa trice. Class "H" domestic- products, Mrs. E. JS. Bniwn, Central City. Clnss "J" textiles, Mrt. J. P. Uasttrman, Lincoln. CIhas "K" fins arts, Mrs. B. D. Sutherland, Nelnon. Class "L" educational, Miss Alice Plorcr, Lincoln. Class "M" machinery grounds, C. O. Crews, Culbortson. Class "N" automobile hall, W. R. Mellor, Loup City. Clnis "O" batter babies, Mrs. C. L. LeMar, Oiroola. Class "Q" feed and forage, C. 8. Hawk, Chadron. Class "S" speed, J. W. Lamb, Nelson. Clerk speed, C. W. Wents, Aurora. Ice Gorge Endangers Bridge Near Bristow (From a Sufi Correspondent.) Lincoln, March 24. (Special.) Ice in the Niobrara is endangering the bridge and connecting roadway at Bristow, Boyd pounty, according to a report to State Engineer George . Johnson Saturday morning, A jam of ice against the piers has so dammed the stream that the water is seriously threatening to cut a new channel around the bridge, the report says. , Ice is going out of the Platte river in good shape, the engineer says, but the Loup river is liable to cause trouble, particularly in the upper end. The four state aid bridges over the Niobrara west of Bristow are secure and in no danger. These are built to withstand ice gorges and attending damage and are located at Lynch, Butte, Cams and McCully. Methodist District Conference at Kearney Kearney, Neb., March 24. (Spe cial.) The Methodist churches of this district were well representd here yesterday to consider the interests of the denomination. Dr. H. S. Kirk bridge of Chicago and Dr. VV. B, Hol iingshead of Philadelphia, Fa., were in charge of the meeting. The after noon was given over to general dis cussion of clerical problems. In the :vening at 6 o'clock, the visitors sat down to a dinner in the church basc nent. Here toasts were responded to Dy several pastors, Dr. G. W. Isham acting as toastmaster. In the even ng addresses were made by Dr. Hol ingshead and Dr. Kirkbirdge. The meeting was attended by about 190 'Ut-of-town guests. Persistent Advertising It the Road to Success. Let Us Help You IF YOU WILL Breathe the purest of afr, aat the most beneficial foods, Takt Brown Park Mineral Spring Bathe And rlrlnk the famous Sulpho Chlurine Mineral Water, and you will be in tit pink of condition. brown f ark & Mineral Springs 23th and O Streets, South Sid Phone South 879 DR. jUnN A. NIEMANN, Osteopathic Physician, In Charf Governor Signs The Semi-Monthly Rail Pay Day Bill (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, March 25. (Special.) Semi-monthly pay days on railroads, a school for irrigation at Scottsbluff and strict prohibition of bill posting on Nebraska bridges have been en actqd into law, with the signature of Governor Neville Friday. Other measures signed are: Appropriation of $16,000 for car ahortare investigation by the railway commission, already spent House Boll 311. Effective immediately. Appropriation of 18,000 for the Gretna fish hatcbery Improvements. House Roll 141. Kffective Immediately, Requiring- counties to pay expenses of taking boys to Industrial Home at Kearney. House Roll No. 69. Effective Immediately. Enlarges scope of warehouse law and pro vides penalties for failure to deliver grain on call, senate rue no. us. Rural school apportionment of state funds by census enumeration, Instead of by school attendance, House Roll No. 11. Irrigation school. House Roll No. 16!. To allow cities of second class to levy for armories and community bouses. House Roll 177. To require slectlon boards to file sum mary of precinct vote all counted, with county clerk, to bo open to the public. House Roll No. 41. To dispose of Itinerant "specialists." House Roll No. 101. Rotation of names on ballots In .cities over 10,000. House Roll Ho, iov. Mrs. William W. Birge Of North Platte is Dead North Platte, Neb., March 25. (Special.) Mrs. Jennie Dillon Birge, neice of the late Sidney Dillon, the railroad magnate, and wife of Wil liam W. Birge, died at the family home here March 17, after an illness of two years. Mrs. Birge was a na tural educator and home-maker, high ly respected by every one, and loved by all who were admitted to her friendship, notably children. She was deeply interested in school work, in early life as principal and in later life was for six years an able and efficient member of the Board of Education. She and Mr. Birge were married in 1884 and their residence continued for thirty-three years on the same lo cation. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, of which she was a worthy member, ana ror many years a trustee, and the great pro fusion of beautiful flowers was a nota ble evidence of the regard of loving friends. For almost forty years her keen intellect and vital powers were freely given in support of every cause for the upbuilding of the community, which has lost an everyday practical Christian woman. She is survived by her husband, son Richmond D. and Mrs. Alice Barber. A perfect woman, nobly planned To warn, to comfort and command. And y.t wtth spirit warm and bright With aomothtnf of an angel'i light. THOMPSON YRITES OF DRY AMENDMENTS Prohibition Leader Says Pro posed Senate Changes in Interest of Bootleggers. STRIKE VITAL FEATURES Notes from Gage County. Beatrice. Neb.. March 24. (Spe cial.) Wilford Dillow and Miss Chloe Harlan, both of this city, were married at Marysville, Kan., yester day. The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. U. Dillow and the bride a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harlan. Toshua Ford. 15 years old, was found guilty in county court yester day of distributing obscene literature about town. The court ordered him paroled to the probation officer. The case was appealed to the district court. Lincoln, March C4. V. T. Thomp son, chairman of the Nebraska Dry Federation gave out the following concerning proposed amendments to the prohibitory bill today: "The fate of the prohibition so far as the present legislature is con cerned is trembling In the balance. "This bill is now threatened with something like a hundred proposed amendments in the senate, nearly every one of which is framed in the interest of the liquor business in gen eral and the boot-legger in particular. Not one of them is calculated to make the law better, but each one to make it worse. Provisions of Amendments. "These amendments if adopted would: "1. Permit the manufacture of malt liquors, outlawed by the amendment. "2. Permit the sale of malt liquors likewise outlawed. "3. Allow the advertising of liquors, thereby defeating the effect of the federal anti-advertising law. "4. Allow manufacturers and deal ers until the last of May to dispose of their intoxicating liquors to pharm cists in the state and to others out side the state. "5. Allow boot-leggers to stock up with booze between now and May 1 and keep it on hand after that time. "6. Denies the right to secure pri vate counsel to prosecute violators of the act. "7. Deny the right of the county attorneys to summon witnesses be fore him to enable him to discover and prosecute violators of the act. "8. Deny the right of others than freeholders tos wear to complaints for search warrants. "9. Limit the right of search and seizure. "10. Enlarge the right to sell in toxicating liquors by allowing cor porations and women to secure per mits therefor. "11. Make it more easy to secure intoxicating liquors by requiring only a signed statement instead of a sworn affidavit. "12. Restrict the act with reference to public nuisances. "13. Restrict the provision relating to injunctions by providing that no one other than the county attorneys may bring and prosecute actions to close places where intoxicating liquors are illegally sold. "14. Require more specific charges in an affidavit, complaint, indictment or information and more exact proof in criminal proceeding by requiring the day and the hour when the offense Repairs or 141.11, Cleans any WalCll ALL WORK GUARANTEED S. H. CLAY 101 Neville lld. Third FImt lftn ana Harney was committed to be alleged and proved. "IS. Limit the financial liability of persons furnishing intoxicant. ' liquor illegally for injuries resulting there from. "16. They strike out the most vital features of the act relating to its en forcement. "17. In fact render the prohibitory amendment a farce for the time being. Brewers and Distillers. "The adoption of the prohibitory amendment put in the neighborhood of 2,000 saloon men out t business, and so far as ll.cy are concerned the fight is abandoned on their part, but the brewers and distillers want to continue the traffic through the boot leggers and secret agents i y getting their friends in the senat. to cripple the law with the adoption of the pending amendments. "This proposition is now squarely presented: "Will the senate represent and carry out the will of the people or will it represent ..nd carry out the will'of the liquor interests) "It is scarcely necessary to say that the people of the state will listen with intense interest for the answer the senate will make to this question next Tuesday." Drueppel Wins Handicap Match from Zerrsen Lindsay, Neb., March 24. (Spe cial.) In a handicap wrestling match in which Gil Zerrsen of Genoa agreed to throw Godfrey Drueppel of St. Bernard, twice in an hour, Zeirsen lost the match, he threw Drueppel the first fall in twenty-six minutes with a head scissors, but he could not get another fall in the alloted time, Zerrsen is a game and quick worker. Drueppel put up a stiff de fensive game and with his great strength held his opponent. Some good preliminaries were staged when Johnson got a fall from Brozek in eight minutes, and Blank got a fall from Nathan in two minutes. Ref ree, Joe Hoffman. hnw Be Sure Get "Duffy's" No chance of failure to obtain the whiskey madt for medicinal purpoiei only, the kind phyalciana recommend in illness, when you call for Duffy's Pare AVCtlt Whiskey See that It la wrapped with our "Annual" and that the , label on the bottle beara the I familiar "Old Chemist" trade-1 mark. The greatly reduced g fac'iimllies reproduced1 here- I with will help to tuide you. go you'll not fall to "Get Duffy's and Kp Wall" At moat drus gilts, grocers and dealers, $1.00. If they can't supply you, write us. Useful household booklet free. The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co., Rochester, N. Y. IP2 m "The Home of Satisfaction" Satisfaction Guranteed on Used Cars ' We, the Murphy-O'Brien Auto Company, have adopted a new pol icy of selling used cart. We will guarantee every Dodge Brothers and Paige car we tell. We will assume responsibility for defective psyts and give the purchaser every assurance of satisfaction. This is something new in the automobile industry a most radical change from the policy employed by all dealers in used cars. Heretofore the purchaser has assumed all the risk. He has had to depend on his own judgment, or "luck." He could never be sure he would not have a big repair bill tacked onto the original purchase price. We are going to change this. We are going to insure you to guaran tee you will be satisfied. We believe this is only fair that the man who spends his money for a used car is entitled to the same attention and consideration that is given to the purchaser of a new car. SEVEN DAYS TRIAL Come down and pick out your car. We'll tell you everything we know about it Then try it for seven days. If, at the end of that time, you are in any way dissatisfied, bring the car back and every cent of your money will be cheerfully refunded. That's all there is to it. There is no red tape. In a week's time you will know whether the car is as represented and that is what the trial is for to determine if you are satisfied. Then, as a further insurance of satisfaction, we will give a 30-DAY MECHANICAL GUARANTEE We give, for a period of 30 days, the same guarantee as to the me chanical soundness of the used car that we give with new cars. Thus we assume all risk. We believe the prospective purchaser of used cars will appreciate this new policy. We know we will derive a vast amount of satisfaction if we can say on December 31st, 1917, "We know that everyone who has purchased a car, of any description, from the Murphy-O'Brien Auto Company is satisfied." USED CAR DEPARTMENT Murphy-O'Brien Auto Co. 1814-16-18 Farnam Street. Telephone Tyler 123. Number of Auto Licenses Already Exceeds Last Year (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, March 4. (Special.) Ap proximately 300 more automobile li censes have been issued during the first two and a half months of 1917 than were issued during 1916 alto gether, according to the records of Secretary of State Charles V. Pool. The number in 1916, which was 100,5.14, has already been increased to 100,800, in round numbers, and ap plications are still pouring in at the rate of 200 to .S00 a day. In January as many as 8,000 applications were received in a day. The present outlook bids fair to even raise the percentage increase in 1917, which in 1916 was 75 per cent over the preceding year. Physician Swallows Fragment of Glass Diamondville, Wyo., March 24. (Special.) Dr. E. R. Van Cott of this place is reported in serious condition in Salt Lake City, where he sub mitted to an operation for the re moval of a fragment of glass from his stomach. While eating preserved fruit lie swallowed a splinter of glass from the jar in which the fruit had been preserved. Realizing the ser iousness of the accident he departed at once for Salt Lake City and placed himself in the hands of specialists. STATE WILL SUE LINCOLN COUNTY Auditor Asks Attorney General to Recover Money Due for Care of Insane. OTHER COUNTIES SETTLE insane patients in state institions from those counties, under s statute passed in the late 80s. Lincoln county is the only county which has not made arrangements to settle, and the auditor says the county board does not even reply to his let ters. Webster county, which owed $3,300, remitted $500 this week, with the promise of more as soon as it was available. Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue I In A i vert icinO' , (From Staff Correipondent.) Lincoln. March 4 (Special.) State Auditor Sinilh lias asked Attor ney General Willis E. Reed to bring suit against Lincoln county to collect about $12,000 principal and interest due on an old insane fund dating back twenty to thirty years. The action , will be brought if the county docs not make some arrangements for settlement immediately. Some fifteen counties originally owed this money, and former State Auditor Howard four years ago first started to collect it. Auditor Smith continued the work. Some of the counties balked on the payment, and the auditor brought suit against Stanton and Gage coun ties in the supreme court, and the counties lost, the court declaring tlicy were owing both interest and principal. The interest was about a third more than the principal in each case, Lincoln county owes $5,000, besides $7,000 or thereabouts in interest. The state auditor is remitting the interest when the counties settle promptly. The money due is tor the careot ill Dr. L. E. Scouten DENTIST 48B Brand.!. Bldf. Phone Douflu 4090. B&rffi 1621 FARNAM Bars BERG'S WOMEN'S SHOP OPENS MONDAY AT 1621 FARNAM STREET We know this will be welcome news to all our customers; we also are glad to continue the service to them so abruptly terminated by the fire. Wo mentioned in a former ad that until we get into permanent quarters again the idea of opening this temporary shop was not fostered by the thought of profit, but by our desire to continue for our customers the service that they have learned to rely entirely upon. j We mean every word of that, and, as evidence of our sincerity, we have not only marked our new stock at the same reasonable prices that made us popular before, BUT, IN ADDITION, FROM NOW UNTIL EASTER WE OFFER THIS ENTIRE STOCK OF NEW SPRING SUITS, COATS, DRESSES and SKIRTS 15 0FF We doubt that there has ever been offered as sincere a sale as this in Omaha at a time so advantageous to the buyer. Two weeks before Easter; a brand new stock; at one-fifth below regular prices. ANY $15 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $12.00 ANY $20 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $18.00 ANY $25 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $20.00 ANY $30 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $24.00 ANY $40 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $32.00 ANY $50 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS IN THE SHOP GOES AT $40.00 ANY $G0 SUIT, COAT OR DRESS JN THE SHOP GOES AT $48.00 ALL OUR NEW WAISTS 10 OFF 1621 FARNAM ALL OUR NSW PETTICOATS 10 OFT THE I SALTS FOR (IDNEYS IF AG( hurts Should Drink Lots of Water and Eat Less Meat, Says Noted Authority on Kidney Disorders Recommends a Spoonful of lad Salts In Glass of Water Before Breakfast to Stimulate Kidneys and Eliminate the Uric Acid TTrie acid Sn meat excites the kidneys, they become overworked, got sluggish, ache, and feel liko lumps of lead. The urine becomes cloudy, tlio bladder is irritated, and you may be obliged ,to seek relief two or three times during the night. 'When the kidneys clog you must help them flush off the body's urinous waste or you'll be a real sick person shortly. At first you feel a dull misery in the kidney region, you suffer from backache, sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets isour, tongue coated and you feel rheumatio twinges when the weather is bad. Eat less meat, drink lots of water; also get from any pharmacist four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoocful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is mads from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generational to clean clogged kidneys and stimulate them! to normal activity, also to neutralise the acids in urine, so it no longer is a source of irritation thus ending bladder weakness. i Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot injure, makes' a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which everyone should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and active. Druggists here say they sell lots of Jad gaits to folks who believe in overcoming kidney trouble while it only trouble.,-